gantry
/ˈɡæntɹi/ · noun
Meaning
- A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
- A supporting framework for a barrel.
- A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
- A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
- A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
Etymology / origin
From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).
- canterius(Latin)→
- cantarium(la-lat)→
- gantier(fro-nor)→
- gantry (English)
- Relations: der, der, der
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